Pt. 3::No, Megyn Kelly, Mikey Weinstein Is NOT an Atheist | Chris Rodda

There is a reason I bring this we bit of "older" news up concerning the NDoP besides the fact that what Chris wrote was spot on in regards to Mikey. But that will have to wait till later (a part 4) as I was drawn to a few points she made in her current piece.

The crux of what Chris is arguing,,,

And how is Mikey supposed to defend himself against your "accusation" that he's an atheist without risking offending all the people in this country who actually are atheists? It's like President Obama having to defend himself against the "accusation" that he's a Muslim without sounding like he thinks there's something wrong with being a Muslim. That's what happens when people like you, Ms. Kelly, and your cohorts at Fox News turn a religious belief or ideology into an accusation -- it forces a person, whether it be our president or Mikey Weinstein, into the incredibly awkward position of having to refute what is a false statement about their personal beliefs while at the same time not wanting to offend the many people who really do hold those beliefs. It galls Mikey to feel like he has to add that "not that I think there's anything wrong with atheists" disclaimer to his saying that he himself is not an atheist. There is just no good way for him to say that without him feeling like he sounds like a racist following some statement about their whiteness with "not that I have anything against black people." It would be like "accusing" you, Ms. Kelly, of being a brunette, and you having to defend your blondness without risking offending every brunette who tunes into your show.

In other words, the word "atheist" or "atheism" is being used as a weapon to belittle and harass or worse. Chris continues:

Now, Ms. Kelly, Mikey Weinstein has made it abundantly clear, on too many occasions to count, that he is not an atheist, and that MRFF is not an atheist organization, and no matter how much more convenient it would be for Fox News if MRFF were an atheist organization, you just can't keep repeating your blatantly false claims that it is. Therefore, Ms. Kelly, you have just become the next lucky winner of one of those letters that MRFF's attorneys send to "journalists" who insist on lying, to remind you about that pesky defamation thing that, as a former attorney yourself, you should know all about.

Of course me being me, I had to go look at this letter and in that letter, this statement is made by lawyer Mathis, "Television broadcasts can be particularly challenging in that I think sometimes people re-publish statements as if they are true fact, when they are not,,,"

Me thinks Mr. Mathis was referring to something like this wonderful posting that happened to float across my feed as I was writing this up:

"An atheist organization is demanding that no uniformed personnel should be allowed to participate in a Christian organization’s National Day of Prayer event scheduled next week on Capitol Hill, claiming it violates U.S. Department of Defense regulations.

"The Military Religious Freedom Foundation, ironically headed by an atheist, Mikey Weinstein, claims that the event excludes non-Christians, and therefore amounts to little more than government-sanctioned Christianity, according to Fox News." 

So you see, we are not nuts, this shit is real and causes real harm!!

No, Megyn Kelly, Mikey Weinstein Is NOT an Atheist | Chris Rodda